wad
noun
[ wɒd ]
• a mass or lump of a soft material, used for padding, stuffing, or wiping.
• "a wad of lint-free rag"
Similar:
lump,
mass,
chunk,
hunk,
wedge,
ball,
clump,
block,
pat,
brick,
cube,
bar,
cake,
slab,
nugget,
plug,
pad,
knob,
glob,
dollop,
cluster,
nub,
bit,
piece,
portion,
segment,
gobbet,
wodge,
gob,
• a bundle or roll of paper or banknotes.
• "she held up a wad of greenbacks"
• a bun, cake, sandwich, or other piece of food.
• "tea and wads in some church hall"
wad
verb
• compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.
• "wad the strips over and over so that they ball up"
• line or stuff with wadding.
• "the quilts are wadded with thick natural cotton"
Similar:
stuff,
pad,
fill,
pack,
line,
wrap,
cover,
encase,
cushion,
protect,
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting wadding): perhaps related to Dutch watten, French ouate ‘padding, cotton wool’.